The Restoration of Rome

In September of AD 476 Romulus Augustus was deposed as Emperor. Rome had fallen. An era had ended. The empire was lost.

Charlemagne or Charles the Great is one of the key historical figures in the reconstruction and unification of the Western Roman Empire.

The early 900s had seen the decline of Charlemagne's once mighty empire and a period of utter corruption for the Catholic Church. The heart of Europe was again split into an array of quarrelling factions, waiting to be united.

At a time when bloodlines determined kings and kingdoms could be acquired through marriage, it was predictable that someone would find a way to hack the system.

By the late 1700’s Hapsburg power had declined severely from its high point in the heady days of Charles V in the early 1500’s.

For centuries since the fall of the Roman Empire, repeated attempts have been made to achieve the elusive goal of European unity.